Posted by special_k on April 9, 2006, at 5:52:27
In reply to Re: GG, its ok to be direct about Causal Attribution » 64bowtie, posted by Phillipa on April 8, 2006, at 12:17:23
admitting one has done wrong
can be too hard on the ego
especially if you tend to make attributions of negative traits that are likely to persist through time...
tends to lead to depression
(people with depression tend to make more accurate self attributions rather than people who are not depressed who tend to have over inflated images of themselves)in other words...
it might in actual fact be healthier to DENY responsibility...
though probably better still...
to attribute to something shortlived and unlikely to recur.
act of god?
hrm.
;-)
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